Dear Friends in Christ:
It is my sincere hope that you have been able to join in some of the celebrations that have been taking place during our year-long sesquicentennial anniversary. The Diocese of Wilmington is rich in history, and...
WILMINGTON — Although she teaches at St. Anthony of Padua School, where the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales is part of the fabric of the building, Jennifer Cripps discovered a lot about the patron saint of the Diocese...
ELSMERE — All Saints Catholic School serves five parishes, with a student population that is very diverse in many ways: economically, socially and culturally among them. That diversity is reflected also in the school’s Latino population.
Last year, 17 percent...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an...
August 1, 2018 --- (Wilmington, Delaware) --- The Most Reverend W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, has issued the following statement regarding the July 30, 2018 attack on Reverend William Graney, Pastor of Resurrection Parish...
A Diocese of Wilmington pastor was hospitalized after an attack in his office at Resurrection Parish in Pike Creek, according to statements issued by the diocese and New Castle County police.
Police took a man in custody after the incident...
The Bible is a love letter from God to humanity, not the final thoughts of scientific progress. It was written at specific moments that reflect our understanding at those times. These "freeze-frames" of understanding are not unique to the...
Are Catholics more accepting of science than adherents of other religious groups?
Yes, an in-depth 2017 survey (1,927 respondents, including 1,010 Catholics) indicated.
However -- and it's a big "however" -- it's not an overwhelming difference. Catholics can be just as...
When friends and colleagues find out I work with the Vatican Observatory, their first reaction is often surprise that the Catholic Church supports a scientific research institute, particularly one that studies astronomy. After all, the Catholic Church put Galileo...
Science and religion are not seen by the church as opposing forces, but distinct and valuable approaches to understanding the universe and our place in it.
An in-depth 2017 survey from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at...